atmospheric river is raising water levels and leaving a trail of destruction. a levee breech iach is forcing evacuations in monterey county. governor newsom has declared a state of emergency. we can t live like this. how do i live like this? how do i have my kids live here or my elderly mother live here? mike, a lot of people are trying to reassess how much longer can they endure this. reporter: right. you know a couple people made the decision to leave just a few minutes ago. we saw them coming out on national guard convoys because they couldn t wait any longer. we re here just over the santa cruz line in pajaro. you see acres of farmland that are now underwater. if we push in looking north, the farther you go, the closer you get to the pajaro river. a levee in the river failed around midnight local time, which is why you see all this water flooding this strawberry farm that s on either side of the railroad tracks. we want to jump to drone video of neighboring watsonvi
the area are reporting headaches, nausea and respiratory issues after the train ran off the rails earlier this month. good afternoon, mike. mike: good afternoon, mike, it looks like a communication breakdown has halted the clean-up of contaminated material here from east palestine. much of the contaminated dirt and water were being move today hazardous material handling facilities in wayne county michigan as well as harris county texas but officials on the receiving end said say that no one told them that the hazardous material was coming to their state. 15 truckloads or 210 tons of contaminated dirt have arrived in michigan. wayne county executive is not pleased. i don t know how you do that without contacting the local officials so that we can number 1, know how to respond to our communities and number 2, give at advice in terms of routes that you may take and those sorts of things. 5 truckloads or 70 tons contaminated have been returned to east palestine. expected
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these are questions being echoed on capitol hill by legislatures as well, fred. indeed. ohio governor mike dewine is criticizing the epa following last month s toxic train derailment in east palestine, saying he s concerned about what he calls a delay in removing contaminated soil from the crash site. in a press release, dewine said piles of hazardous soil must not continue to sit stagnant in east palestine. while i understand the steps the u.s. epa is taking to ensure the waste is disposed of in a safe and proper manner, the fact that waste removal has stalled is outrageous. in response the epa says it has, quote, in no way been a roadblock to shipping waste off site. joining us is a former epa